I think the main reason that we would want to do this is so that a call could 
be made on the backend without needing to actually redirect the user -- an 
example of this would be:

- User logs into web application
- Web application contacts webservice
- Webservice contacts 3rd-party CASified webservice with generic 
  credentials
- 3rd-party webservice returns information to webservice
- Webservice returns it to webapp
- User sees information and smiles (this is very good information)

The whole issue exists because we would like to contact our document storage 
software's API, but can't do it from the serverside without first getting 
through CAS.  While I definitely agree that Shiro is a great choice for 
authorization, what we're saying is that EVERY call be made to this software as 
something like "Document_Storage_API_User" (as an AD user) and passed through 
CAS (which is hooked into AD).
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